# EtherScale Ether Scale is a Chain-agnostic Rollup-as-a-Service secured by the Eigen AVS ecosystem ## **Overview** Welcome to EtherScale, a cutting-edge platform for creating scalable, secure, chain-agnostic DApps, known as ScaleApps. Utilizing Ethereum's security enhancements via EigenLayer, EtherScale supports a variety of blockchain protocols, enhancing DApp development with superior scalability and security. Unlike traditional rollup services that suffer from centralization and limited cross-chain capabilities, EtherScale offers a robust AVS ecosystem featuring decentralized sequencers, cross-rollup messaging, and comprehensive services to tackle scalability while ensuring top-notch security.

## **Document Structure Overview** This documentation is structured to guide you through the essentials of understanding EtherScale, developing with it, and deploying your own ScaleApps. It includes comprehensive sections on features, development guides, security practices, and community involvement to ensure you have all the tools needed for successful implementation. # Overview of Rollups ## Blockchain Technology Overview Blockchain technology forms the backbone of various decentralized networks, allowing multiple parties to engage in secure, transparent transactions without central oversight. This technology underpins not only cryptocurrencies but also a wide range of applications across different industries due to its inherent characteristics like immutability and distributed consensus mechanisms. ## **What Are Rollups and Why Are They Needed?** Rollups are a layer 2 scaling solution for blockchains like Ethereum. They process transactions off-chain and then bundle (or "roll up") multiple transactions into a single batch, which is then posted on the main blockchain. This reduces the load on the main chain, significantly lowering transaction fees and increasing throughput. ## **Why Are Rollups Needed?** 1. **Scalability**: By processing transactions off-chain, rollups can handle many more transactions per second than the main chain. 2. **Lower Costs**: Fewer transactions on the main chain means lower gas fees. 3. **Maintained Security**: Despite being processed off-chain, transactions still benefit from the security of the main chain. ## **Types of Rollups** Rollups are primarily categorized into two types: Optimistic and Zero-Knowledge (ZK) Rollups. Optimistic Rollups assume transactions are valid by default and allow a challenge period for verification, while ZK Rollups use cryptographic proofs for immediate transaction validation without awaiting challenges. Both types aim to enhance scalability by processing transactions off-chain before finalizing on the main chain.
# Optimistic Rollups Optimistic Rollups process transactions off-chain and post the transaction data on-chain without immediate verification. They assume transactions are valid (hence "optimistic") and only verify them if challenged. This approach significantly reduces gas fees and increases throughput while still leveraging Ethereum's security through fraud proofs. Read more on Optimistic rollups

# ZK Rollups Zero-Knowledge (ZK) Rollups also process transactions off-chain but use cryptographic proofs (zk-SNARKs) to verify the validity of transactions before posting them on-chain. This method provides faster finality and stronger security guarantees since every batch of transactions is verified cryptographically, ensuring only valid transactions are posted on-chain. Read more on ZK rollups

# Spike in Rollup Adoption In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the adoption of rollups, driven by several key factors: 1. **Scalability Demands**: As blockchain usage grows, the need for scalable solutions becomes more critical. Rollups offer a way to handle more transactions per second without overloading the main chain. 2. **Lower Transaction Fees**: By bundling multiple transactions into a single batch, rollups drastically reduce the cost per transaction, making blockchain usage more affordable. 3. **Enhanced Security**: Rollups maintain the security of the main chain while processing transactions off-chain, offering a balanced solution of speed, cost, and safety. 4. **Technological Advances**: Improvements in rollup technology, such as Optimistic Rollups and Zero-Knowledge (ZK) Rollups, provide more efficient and secure options, attracting more developers and users. 5. **DeFi and NFTs**: The rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has increased transaction volumes, pushing for more efficient transaction processing methods like rollups. These factors collectively contribute to the rapid adoption of rollup solutions in the blockchain ecosystem. # Rollup as a Service RaaS providers offer rollup infrastructure as a managed service, enabling developers to leverage this technology without the complexities of setting up and maintaining their own rollup solutions. This service model simplifies access to rollup technology, facilitating broader adoption. [**Existing Problems with RaaS**](/core-concepts/rollup-as-a-service/existing-problems-with-raas) [**Needed Solutions for RaaS**](/core-concepts/rollup-as-a-service/needed-solutions-for-raas) [**EtherScale's Approach**](/core-concepts/rollup-as-a-service/etherscales-approach) # Existing Problems with RaaS 1. **Centralization**: Many RaaS solutions rely on centralized sequencers, which can lead to censorship and single points of failure. 2. **Security**: The absence of robust security measures in some RaaS offerings can lead to vulnerabilities and potential exploits. 3. **Limited Ecosystem**: Existing RaaS solutions often lack comprehensive ecosystem support, such as cross-rollup communication, versatile wallet integration, and robust oracle services. 4. **Chain Dependence**: Many RaaS solutions are tied to specific blockchains, limiting flexibility and adaptability.
# Needed Solutions for RaaS 1. **Decentralization**: Implement decentralized sequencers to eliminate single points of failure and enhance security. 2. **Enhanced Security**: Integrate advanced security measures, such as those provided by EigenLayer’s Actively Validated Services (AVS), to protect transactions and operations. 3. **Comprehensive Ecosystem**: Develop a supportive ecosystem with features like cross-rollup messaging, integrated wallet services, and reliable oracle integration. 4. **Chain-Agnostic Design**: Offer a chain-agnostic approach to allow rollups to operate seamlessly across various blockchain protocols, providing greater flexibility.
# EtherScale's Approach EtherScale addresses the existing problems with RaaS by introducing a robust, decentralized, and secure platform for deploying rollups. Here’s how EtherScale stands out: 1. [**Decentralized Sequencers**](/etherscale-bedrock/decentralized): EtherScale uses decentralized sequencers to distribute control and prevent single points of failure. 2. [**Secured by AVS**](/etherscale-bedrock/secured-by-avs): By leveraging EigenLayer’s Actively Validated Services, EtherScale ensures high security and data integrity for all rollup operations. 3. [**Comprehensive Ecosystem**](/etherscale-bedrock/enhanced-ecosystem-features): EtherScale provides a fully integrated ecosystem with cross-rollup messaging, versatile wallet services, and strong oracle support from day one. 4. [**Chain-Agnostic**](/etherscale-bedrock/chain-agnostic): EtherScale's design allows for seamless operation across different blockchain protocols, offering unparalleled flexibility and reducing dependency on any single blockchain. By integrating these solutions, EtherScale offers a next-generation RaaS platform that is secure, decentralized, flexible, and fully equipped to meet the needs of modern DApps.
# Introduction to EigenLayer ## EigenLayer EigenLayer is a decentralized security protocol that enhances blockchain services by allowing assets already staked in Ethereum to be restaked, providing an extra layer of security. It enables validators to secure various services through a process called Actively Validated Services (AVS).

https://docs.eigenlayer.xyz/html/EigenLayer_WhitePaper-converted-xodo.html

## **Actively Validated Services (AVSs)** AVSs are services built on the EigenLayer protocol that leverage Ethereum's shared security. AVS involves multiple components to ensure the security and efficiency of blockchain operations: 1. **Operators**: These are the entities that run the services, such as rollups, on the network. They execute transactions and ensure the proper functioning of the services. 2. **Restakers**: Validators who have staked their assets in Ethereum can restake these assets in EigenLayer. Restakers provide the security backbone by locking up their assets, which can be slashed if they act maliciously or fail to perform their duties. 3. **Service**: This refers to the actual applications or rollups that are secured by AVS. These services benefit from the enhanced security provided by restaked assets.

## **How AVS Helps Rollups** 1. **Enhanced Security**: Restaked assets from validators secure rollups, ensuring that any malicious actions result in slashing of these assets, thereby maintaining integrity. 2. **Decentralization**: AVS distributes validation across many validators, reducing central points of failure and enhancing network security. 3. **Scalability**: AVS allows rollups to process more transactions off-chain while ensuring on-chain security through decentralized validation. 4. **Cost Efficiency**: Leveraging existing staked assets for security is more cost-effective than implementing separate security mechanisms for each rollup. Refer for more understanding: # What are ScaleApps? **ScaleApps** are decentralized rollups (DappChain) that built on the EtherScale platform. They leverage EtherScale's unique infrastructure, which includes enhanced scalability, security, and efficiency through on-demand rollups. These apps benefit from EtherScale's integration with EigenLayer's Actively Validated Services (AVS), making them highly effective for developers looking to build sophisticated, scalable blockchain applications without compromising on security or performance

## **Utilizing the AVS Ecosystem** 1. **Enhanced Security**: ScaleApps use AVS to secure transactions and operations. Restakers, who stake their assets, act as validators. If validators act maliciously, their staked assets are slashed, ensuring integrity. 2. **Decentralized Operations**: AVS ensures that control is distributed among multiple validators (operators), reducing central points of failure and enhancing security. 3. **Scalability**: By processing transactions off-chain and validating them through the AVS ecosystem, ScaleApps can handle more transactions efficiently while maintaining high security levels. 4. **Cost Efficiency**: Leveraging the existing staked assets for security reduces the need for additional security mechanisms, making the deployment and operation of ScaleApps more cost-effective. # RaaS **Rollup as a Service (RaaS)** is a key product from EtherScale that enables users to deploy customized, chain-agnostic rollups using leading rollup frameworks such as **Arbitrum Orbit, zkSync, Optimism, Polygon CDK, Tezos, MoveVM**, and more. #### Key Features: * **Tailored Rollups**: Users can configure rollups according to their specific needs, including selecting components like sequencers, data availability (DA), provers, and more. * **Pre-Integrated Ecosystem**: Rollups come with default integration of essential ecosystem components such as DA, sequencers, and oracles, significantly reducing the time developers spend on complex integrations. * **Modular Design**: EtherScale’s RaaS allows for additional services to be plugged in easily, providing flexibility and adaptability. * **Custom Settlement Chains**: Rollups can settle on a range of preferred chains, including Base, Ethereum, Aptos, Tezos, and more, depending on user requirements. * **Customizable VMs**: Users can even choose the virtual machine that best suits their needs, whether it's **EVM** , **MoveVM**, or other compatible environments. By offering a seamless way to deploy and customize rollups with a choice of settlement chains and VMs, **EtherScale’s RaaS framework** accelerates time-to-market while providing developers with scalability, security, and flexibility from the start. # SecureOps **SecureOps** is a no-code, one-click deployment tool that empowers users to become AVS (Actively Validated Services) operators, providing robust security and decentralization for the blockchain ecosystem. #### Key Features: * **One-Click Deployment**: With SecureOps, users can easily launch AVS operators without needing to code or handle complex configurations. This simplifies the process of contributing to blockchain security. * **AVS Operator for Enhanced Security**: AVS operators secure various layers of a rollup ecosystem, such as data availability, sequencers, provers, oracles, and more. Validators (restakers) stake assets and are slashed if they act maliciously, ensuring integrity and trust in the network. * **Decentralized and Distributed Control**: SecureOps distributes the responsibilities of running and maintaining AVS networks across multiple independent validators, reducing central points of failure and enhancing the network’s security. * **Scalability**: As the blockchain ecosystem grows, more AVS operators are needed to support new decentralized applications (DAppChains) and rollups. SecureOps simplifies onboarding operators, ensuring the ecosystem remains scalable while maintaining high security. * **Cost-Efficient Security**: SecureOps leverages the existing staked assets of validators, eliminating the need for expensive, additional security mechanisms, making the system cost-effective for users and operators alike. The SecureOps tool is crucial for expanding the AVS network by making it easier for operators to participate, thus contributing to the security and scalability of decentralized applications and rollups. As the number of AVS services and applications grows, SecureOps helps meet the demand for more operators by providing a simple and effective way for users to engage in securing the blockchain ecosystem. This makes **SecureOps** an essential part of EtherScale's mission to provide secure, scalable, and efficient blockchain infrastructure # Secured by AVS In EtherScale, Actively Validated Services (AVS) leverage the security and computational power of Ethereum validators to secure and optimize various aspects of the platform.

## **Decentralized shared Sequencers** **Function:** * Distribute the task of transaction ordering among multiple validators, enhancing security and reducing central points of failure. **Benefits for ScaleApps:** * **Decentralization:** Reduces the risk of censorship and central points of failure. * **Security:** Validators' restaked assets provide a financial incentive to act honestly. * **Efficiency:** Ensures quick and fair transaction processing. ## **Provers** **Function:** * Ensure the integrity of state transitions through decentralized computation and validation, strengthening the trust in rollup operations. **Benefits for ScaleApps:** * **Scalability:** Allows for more transactions to be processed off-chain. * **Security:** Validators confirm the correctness of transactions, reducing the chance of errors. * **Trust:** Ensures that only valid transactions are included in the rollup. ## **Data Availability** **Function:** * Guarantee that data essential for rollup operation is readily available and tamper-proof. **Benefits for ScaleApps:** * **Transparency:** Maintains a complete and accessible record of transactions. * **Reliability:** Ensures that data is always available for auditing and verification. * **Trust:** Enhances user trust by providing verifiable data availability. ## **Oracle Services** **Function:** * Oracles provide external data to smart contracts, ensuring they have access to real-world information. **Benefits for ScaleApps:** * **Data Integrity:** Provides reliable and accurate data to smart contracts. * **Functionality:** Expands the range of possible applications by enabling them to interact with real-world data. * **Security:** Ensures that only validated data is used in smart contracts. ## **Wallet Services** Provide integrated solutions for managing assets and fetching external data, respectively, directly within the ecosystem, promoting a seamless user experience. **Function:** * Provides secure, user-friendly wallet solutions, including Multi-Party Computation (MPC) for enhanced security. **Benefits for ScaleApps:** * **User Experience:** Simplifies asset management for users. * **Security:** MPC ensures that private keys are never fully exposed. * **Integration:** Seamlessly integrates with ScaleApps for streamlined user interactions. EtherScale's AVS ecosystem provides a comprehensive suite of services that significantly enhance the security, scalability, and efficiency of ScaleApps. By leveraging the decentralized and robust validation mechanism of AVS, EtherScale ensures that developers can build and deploy highly secure and performant decentralized applications.EtherScale will constantly add more services from AVS ecosystem to make Rollup secure. # Chain Agnostic ## **Definition and Importance of Chain Agnosticism** Chain agnosticism enables a platform to operate across multiple blockchain networks. This flexibility allows developers to choose the best blockchain to suit their application's needs and broadening potential user bases.

## **Benefits of Chain Agnosticism** * **Developer Flexibility**: Offers developers the freedom to select optimal blockchains without platform constraints. * **Expanded Reach**: Access to multiple blockchains increases market potential for applications. * **Reduced Dependency:** ScaleApps are not tied to a single blockchain, reducing risks associated with reliance on one platform. * **Market Reach:** ScaleApps can tap into wider markets and leverage the strengths of multiple blockchains, enhancing their functionality and reach. ## **EtherScale’s Chain Agnostic Capabilities** EtherScale supports multiple virtual machines, such as the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and Solana's Sealevel VM (SVM), to accommodate a variety of blockchain applications. This setup not only serves current market demands but is also poised to adapt to future technologies, such as BitVM, ensuring EtherScale remains at the forefront of blockchain scalability solutions. # Decentralized The decentralized bedrock of EtherScale is a foundational aspect of the platform, emphasizing a distributed network structure that enhances security, reduces single points of failure, and aligns with the core principles of blockchain technology. This decentralization is achieved through several key components: ## **Decentralized Sequencers** **Function:** * Decentralized Sequencers are responsible for ordering transactions in the network, ensuring that no single entity can control the transaction flow or manipulate the order of transactions. **Benefits:** * **Censorship Resistance:** Reduces the risk of transaction censorship by distributing control across multiple sequencers. * **Fairness:** Ensures that transactions are ordered fairly and transparently. * **Security:** Enhances the overall security of the network by mitigating single points of failure. **Technical Explanation:** * **Distributed Validation:** Transactions are validated by multiple sequencers in a distributed manner, preventing any single point of control. * **Redundancy:** Multiple sequencers provide redundancy, ensuring that the network remains operational even if some sequencers fail.

## **Decentralized Provers** **Function:** * Decentralized Provers validate state transitions and computations off-chain, ensuring the correctness of transactions before they are finalized on-chain. **Benefits:** * **Scalability:** Allows for more transactions to be processed off-chain, increasing the network’s throughput. * **Security:** Ensures that only valid transactions are included in the rollup, maintaining the integrity of the blockchain. * **Trust:** Provides a reliable mechanism for verifying transactions, reducing the likelihood of fraudulent activities. **Technical Explanation:** * **Fraud Proofs:** Provers use fraud proofs to validate transactions. If a prover submits an invalid state transition, other validators can challenge it, ensuring only valid transitions are accepted. * **Incentive Structure:** Provers are incentivized to act honestly through a system of rewards and penalties, aligning their interests with the network’s security. ## **Decentralized Data Availability** **Function:** * Ensures that transaction data is available and accessible for verification and auditing, distributed across multiple nodes. **Benefits:** * **Transparency:** Maintains a complete and accessible record of transactions. * **Reliability:** Ensures data is always available for auditing and verification. * **Security:** Enhances user trust by providing verifiable data availability. **Technical Explanation:** * **Data Sharding:** Data is divided into smaller pieces and distributed across multiple nodes, ensuring redundancy and availability. * **Consensus Mechanism:** Nodes reach consensus on the availability and integrity of data, ensuring that all data remains accessible and uncorrupted. # Modular The modular design of EtherScale provides a flexible and adaptable architecture, allowing developers to build and deploy ScaleApps efficiently. This approach supports a wide range of applications and easily integrates new technologies, ensuring long-term scalability and innovation. **Key Components and Benefits** **Component-Based Architecture** **Function:** * EtherScale’s architecture is built on modular components that can be individually developed, replaced, and upgraded without affecting the entire system. **Benefits:** * **Flexibility:** Developers can choose and integrate only the components they need, making customization easy. * **Scalability:** New modules can be added as the application grows, ensuring continuous improvement and expansion. * **Innovation:** Encourages the development and integration of cutting-edge technologies and features without overhauling the entire system. **Technical Explanation:** * **Plug-and-Play:** Modules can be added or removed with minimal disruption, allowing for easy updates and maintenance. * **Interoperability:** Components are designed to work seamlessly together, ensuring smooth operation and communication between different parts of the system.

**Modular Upgrades** **Function:** * System upgrades can be performed on individual modules without affecting the entire platform. **Benefits:** * **Minimized Downtime:** Upgrades can be performed with minimal disruption to users. * **Continuous Improvement:** Allows for regular updates and enhancements, ensuring that the platform remains up-to-date with the latest advancements. **Technical Explanation:** * **Hot Swapping:** Modules can be upgraded while the system is running, ensuring continuous availability. * **Backward Compatibility:** New modules are designed to be compatible with previous versions, ensuring smooth transitions during upgrades. The modular design of EtherScale is a cornerstone of its flexibility, scalability, and innovation. By allowing developers to build and deploy customized applications with interchangeable and upgradeable components, EtherScale ensures a robust and adaptable platform that can evolve with the needs of the blockchain ecosystem. This modular approach not only simplifies development but also future-proofs applications, ensuring they remain relevant and efficient as technology advances.
# Enhanced Ecosystem Features EtherScale's additional features designed to enhance ScaleApps functionality and user experience. These features include an Indexer for efficient data retrieval, native stable coins for secure transactions within ScaleApps, an Explorer for a detailed overview of network activities, a staking infrastructure to incentivize participation and yield generation. Each element contributes to making EtherScale a more versatile and user-friendly platform for blockchain applications. * [Explorer](/etherscale-bedrock/enhanced-ecosystem-features/explorer) * [Bridge](/etherscale-bedrock/enhanced-ecosystem-features/bridge) * [Indexer](/etherscale-bedrock/enhanced-ecosystem-features/indexer) * [Testnet Faucets](/etherscale-bedrock/enhanced-ecosystem-features/testnet-faucets) * [Automatic Monitoring](/etherscale-bedrock/enhanced-ecosystem-features/automatic-monitoring) * [Native Stable Coins](/etherscale-bedrock/enhanced-ecosystem-features/native-stable-coins) * [Staking Infrastructure](/etherscale-bedrock/enhanced-ecosystem-features/staking-infrastructure) * [Smart Contract Toolkit](/etherscale-bedrock/enhanced-ecosystem-features/smart-contract-toolkit) * [Support](/etherscale-bedrock/enhanced-ecosystem-features/support) \ and many more # Explorer The Explorer feature for ScaleApps offers users and developers a detailed and comprehensive view of all transactions and activities on the platform. This tool is instrumental in ensuring transparency and facilitating ease of monitoring for all network operations, thereby enhancing the user experience and trust in the EtherScale ecosystem **Importance:** * **Transparency:** Enables users to track and verify transactions, enhancing trust. * **Accountability:** Provides clear records of all network activities. **How EtherScale Helps:** * **Integration of Top Explorers:** EtherScale incorporates the best blockchain explorers available, ensuring detailed and reliable transaction views. * **User-Friendly Interface:** Provides an intuitive interface for easy navigation. # Bridge Secure and efficient bridging solutions for interoperability between different blockchains. **Importance:** * **Interoperability:** Facilitates the transfer of assets and data across blockchains. * **Flexibility:** Allows DApps to leverage multiple blockchain strengths. **How EtherScale Helps:** * **Best Bridge Solutions:** Integrates leading bridge solutions to ensure secure and efficient cross-chain operations. * **Secure Transfers:** Ensures that transfers are protected and efficient. # Indexer The Indexer in EtherScale significantly enhances the efficiency of data retrieval across ScaleApps by optimizing queries. This leads to improved performance and user experience by allowing faster access to necessary information, making the platform more effective for developers and users alike. **Importance:** * **Efficiency:** Enhances the speed and efficiency of data retrieval. * **Performance:** Improves the overall performance of ScaleApps. **How EtherScale Helps:** * **Top Indexing Solutions:** Utilizes the best indexing solutions available to optimize data queries. * **Enhanced Performance:** Ensures quick and efficient data access.
# Testnet Faucets Provides test tokens for DApp development and testing. **Importance:** * **Development:** Allows developers to test their applications in a controlled environment. * **Testing:** Ensures that DApps are robust and ready for production. **How EtherScale Helps:** * **Access to Leading Testnet Faucets:** Offers access to the best testnet faucets, providing necessary resources for testing. * **Resource Provision:** Ensures developers have the tools they need for thorough testing. # Automatic Monitoring Continuous network and application performance monitoring. **Importance:** * **Performance:** Maintains optimal network and application performance. * **Issue Detection:** Quickly identifies and resolves potential problems. **How EtherScale Helps:** * **Leading Monitoring Tools:** Integrates the best monitoring tools to provide real-time insights. * **Quick Resolution:** Enables rapid response to performance issues.
# Native Stable Coins EtherScale's introduction of native stable coins within ScaleApps facilitates stable and secure transactions. This feature ensures that users and developers can engage in financial activities and value exchanges with reduced volatility, enhancing the overall stability and reliability of transactions within the ScaleApps ecosystem. **Importance:** * **Stability:** Reduces volatility in transactions. * **Predictability:** Ensures predictable transaction values. **How EtherScale Helps:** * **Integration of Top Stable Coins:** Supports leading stable coins to provide stable transaction options. * **Transaction Stability:** Ensures reliable and predictable transactions.
# Staking Infrastructure EtherScale's staking infrastructure for ScaleApps introduces a system where participants can stake their assets to support the network's rollups. This not only secures the network but also rewards stakers with yields, incentivizing their participation and investment in the ecosystem's growth and stability. **Importance:** * **Incentives:** Encourages participation in the network. * **Security:** Enhances network security through staking. **How EtherScale Helps:** * **Best Staking Solutions:** Incorporates leading staking infrastructure to provide robust incentives and security. * **Rewards:** Offers attractive rewards for participants.
# Smart Contract Toolkit Provides pre-built templates and tools for efficient smart contract creation. **Importance:** * **Efficiency:** Streamlines the development process. * **Ease of Use:** Simplifies smart contract creation for developers. **How EtherScale Helps:** * **Top Development Tools:** Utilizes the best smart contract development tools available. * **Templates:** Offers pre-built templates to speed up development.
# Support Robust technical support and community engagement. **Importance:** * **Assistance:** Ensures developers get the help they need. * **Community:** Fosters an active and collaborative community. **How EtherScale Helps:** * **Leading Support Services:** Provides access to top support resources and community engagement platforms. * **Technical Assistance:** Ensures comprehensive support for developers. # Deploy {% content-ref url="/pages/uZG759SoWksYQcYP1YJo" %} [RaaS](/etherscale-guide/deploy/raas) {% endcontent-ref %} {% content-ref url="/pages/R8ww6jHJhFhVNfmjxlex" %} [ScaleApp](/etherscale-guide/deploy/scaleapp) {% endcontent-ref %} {% content-ref url="/pages/HqLEQH9MA6YQvxlGo32R" %} [SecureOps](/etherscale-guide/deploy/secureops) {% endcontent-ref %} # RaaS ## **How to Get Whitelisted** Follow these simple steps to apply for whitelisting: **1. Visit the Whitelisting Portal**

Go to our [platform](http://beta.etherscale.xyz/) and create an account if you haven’t already. **2. Select the Whitelisting Option** Navigate to the “Request for whitelisting” option and complete the form with the required details.

**3. Submit Your Application** Enter all necessary information and submit your application. **4. Wait for Confirmation** Our team will review your application. If you’re whitelisted, you’ll receive an access confirmation via email. ## **How to Deploy Rollups** Once you’re whitelisted, deploying your rollup is straightforward. Here’s a brief overview of the process: **1. Sign Up and Verify** Ensure you’re signed up and have verified your account.

**2. Choose Deployment Options** Select “Deploy Rollups” from your dashboard.

**3. Enter Rollup Details** Fill in details such as Chain Name, Framework (currently, only Arbitrum is available), Settlement Layer (Arbitrum One), and Data Availability options (Ethereum DA and Anytrust).

**4. Select Network** Choose between Testnet (for testing purposes) or Mainnet (for live deployment).

**5. Deploy** Click Deploy and your rollup will be ready in about 5 minutes!

# ScaleApp COMING SOON ... # SecureOps COMING SOON... # FAQs ## General Questions

What is EtherScale?

EtherScale is a chain-agnostic platform that offers Rollup as a Service (RaaS), allowing developers to deploy customized decentralized rollups with integrated security, scalability, and efficiency. It leverages advanced infrastructures like AVS (Actively Validated Services) and supports multiple rollup frameworks.

What are the main products offered by EtherScale?

EtherScale provides three main products: * **RaaS (Rollup as a Service)**: Customizable rollup deployments on various ecosystems. * **ScaleApps**: A tool to create decentralized DAppchains. * **SecureOps**: A no-code, one-click solution to become an AVS operator.

How does EtherScale ensure security?

EtherScale integrates EigenLayer’s AVS, where operators secure different layers of the ecosystem. These operators are restakers, meaning they stake assets and are slashed if they act maliciously, ensuring economic security and decentralization.

## Technical Questions

What is AVS (Actively Validated Services)?

AVS is a system where validators restake their assets to secure various services, such as sequencers and provers. This ensures that only honest and efficient operators are part of the network, providing enhanced security for transactions and operations.

What is SecureOps, and how does it work?

SecureOps is a no-code, one-click deployment tool for becoming an AVS operator. It simplifies the process of securing decentralized ecosystems by distributing operator control across multiple validators. This enhances security by reducing single points of failure and ensuring decentralized trust in various layers like data availability, sequencers, provers, and oracles

How are ScaleApps secured using AVS?

ScaleApps are secured through AVS (Actively Validated Services) integrated into EtherScale’s platform. The AVS ensures decentralized security through restakers who act as validators. These validators stake assets and are penalized for malicious behavior, providing cryptoeconomic security to the applications.

Can EtherScale integrate with different rollup frameworks?

Yes, EtherScale supports multiple rollup frameworks such as Arbitrum Orbit, ZK Sync, Optimism, Polygon CDK, Tezos, and MoveVM. It allows customization of components like sequencers, data availability layers, and virtual machines.

How does EtherScale’s chain-agnostic design work?

EtherScale’s chain-agnostic design allows it to operate seamlessly across various blockchain protocols, enabling ScaleApps to leverage the unique strengths of different blockchains and reducing dependency on any single platform.

What makes EtherScale decentralized?

EtherScale emphasizes decentralization by using decentralized sequencers and provers, distributing control across multiple validators. This reduces single points of failure and enhances the overall security of the network. Features and Services

What is the role of decentralized sequencers in EtherScale?

Decentralized sequencers handle the ordering of transactions, ensuring that no single entity can manipulate the transaction order. This reduces the risk of censorship and enhances security.

How do decentralized provers work in EtherScale?

Decentralized provers validate state transitions and computations off-chain, ensuring the correctness of transactions before they are finalized on-chain. This allows for more transactions to be processed off-chain, increasing scalability. Q9: What is the Cross-Rollup Messaging service?

How does EtherScale handle data availability?

EtherScale ensures data availability through a decentralized approach, where transaction data is stored and accessible across multiple nodes. This maintains transparency, reliability, and security.

## Usage and Integration

What are the benefits of using EtherScale for my DApp?

Benefits include enhanced security through AVS, reduced transaction costs, increased scalability, flexibility to operate across different blockchains, and access to a robust ecosystem of services and tools.

How can I get support if I encounter issues?

EtherScale provides robust technical support and community engagement resources. Developers can access support through the GitBook, community forums, and direct support channels.

How can I deploy a rollup on EtherScale?

To deploy a rollup, users can utilize EtherScale’s RaaS (Rollup as a Service) framework. The process allows for customization based on your preferences for sequencers, data availability, and virtual machines. You can even choose the settlement chain, such as Base, Ethereum, or other chains.

How do I become an AVS operator using SecureOps?

With SecureOps, becoming an AVS operator is as simple as clicking a button. You don’t need coding skills or advanced technical knowledge to participate. SecureOps provides all the necessary infrastructure for you to secure DAppchains and other decentralized services.

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